Don Clymer

Office Phone: (540) 432-4365

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Main Campus, Harrisonburg

Office Location: RLN 209

Don Clymer has broad international experience in Latin America and Europe in both church-related service and academics. Prior to EMU, he taught Spanish, German and Latin American studies at Hesston (Kas.) College and directed their Global Issues Seminar. He has also served as director of communications for the Virginia Mennonite Conference and Board of Missions.

Don served five years as director of EMU’s Cross-cultural Programs. In 2006 he returned full-time to the classroom.

Aside from his interest in language, he has completed a degree at Eastern Mennonite Seminary with a concentration in Spiritual Formation. As such, he has led workshops in discernment, prepared and led worship, and given spiritual direction in a variety of venues.

Bringing his many experiences together has led Don to explore the intersection of cross-cultural experiences and spiritual formation.

Don is the author of numerous articles in a variety of journals and has published two books Meditations on the Beatitudes: Lessons from the Margins published by Cascadia Publishing House, and The Spacious Heart: Room for Spiritual Awakening, published by Herald Press. The latter he co-authored with his sister, Sharon Clymer Landis.

Presented meditation “El Señor cuida el el camino de sus hijos/hijas” (The LORD watches over the way of his children ) based on Psalm 1, SEMILLA (Latin American Anabaptist Seminary), Guatemala City, February 28, 2012.